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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-04-09
ice Cream Lovers

Are accommodated at Wence's just as
good as anywhere, opposite hotel Nav
eriCk. 40 st
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-04-09
Tho Cave.

Those who have never been there
should 90 at once; 1t is presided over by
the popular Gus Rawls, who Is every
body's friend. He keeps nothing but
the best wines, liquors and cigars In
stock. 4o'ot
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-04-09

For Sale.
A we'll established grocery business In
a pOpulous portion Of the city. Enquire
at this office. 3-l7-lm
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-04-09
WASH DRESS GOODS.
FANCY DRESS GOODS.

French Sateen, yer yard................. 20
Fancy Striped Dress Goods, per yard. 20
Nuns Yelling, all wool, " 900. 20
Fancy French Cashmere, ..... 10
White EmbrC idercd Dress in Boxes, piece 30
Fancy Dresses in Boxes, per pcice........ 2 p
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-04-09
OSCAR BERGsTRoM. III. GRAY.
BERGSTROE & GRAY,
Undertakes and Funeral Directors
Livery Stables and Hacks Connected.

~ Hacks Nos. 10, II, Il, Is, "A, Is. Under.
pOsite Me ger Hotel Bodies embalmed ana
lh'pN"d IN al points IN the Union Only White
hsarse IA The city. open day aud night. Tele.
phone No. is.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08
FIFrT.OSE.

Jesting Is over with me forever;
Life is too sober at tifty-one;
No longer | worship the witty and
clever;
Things that amused me | loathe and
shun,
| have come TO the summit and now
begun
To sink to the vale on the other side
There's damp in the air-there's a
gloom ON the sun,
Whose waning gthe vapors ofOrcus hide,
And my fellow travellers, left and right,
Fall away from the track, as We
downward HE,
TO their several homes; they are not
in sight
But hear the bells as they bid good
by,
How lonely feel as | get more nigh
To my destined inn-a dismal place
Shut from the glimpse of the goodly
sky,
And the sunshine ofevery friendly face.
Yet what is 10 dread! There's master
there
Full Of pity, to welcome the weary
guest;
Who viii bind the foot sore, and have
good care
OF every poor soul that seeks His rest.
Itremble to go to Him mconfessed-
| bear Him no letters from priest or
Pope
But carry passport within my
breast
OF His own sure word-and death
less hope.
Thomas w. Parsons
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08
GREAT FIGHTS.
Modern Battles In Which n Great Num-
ber OF Men We're Killed.

Louisville Courier-Journal: II is not
unintercsting to state what have been
the bloodiest battles of the last 100
years, that is TO compute the percen-
tages of loss TO the numbers engaged.
Within the allotted time the Napoleonic
battles come first. The battle of Lodi,
Bonaparte's first brilliant success, was
simply the daring passage ofa brigade,
and does not enter into the computa-
ton. Arcola was the most sanguinary
struggle ofthe Italian campaign. The
forces engaged numbered about 10000,
and the loss about $4,000, or about 35
per cent. At Rivoli there were 10000
men engaged, and the loss was 10000,
but 10000 of these consisted of Aus
trians who surrendered to Napoleon,
50 that the real loss was only rs per
cent.
After Bonaparte's return from Egypt
he fought the battle of Marcngo. In
its results this was one of the most
momentous engagements in history,
but all accounts agree that II was the
worst planned and worst fought of all
Bonaparte's victories. There were 80,
900 men engaged, and the loss was IL,
900, or about 2S per cent. In the bat
tie of Austerlitz, which by many is
considered Napoleon's most brilliant
victory, the French and Austro-Russian
armies numbered 100000 men and the
loss was 10000, or about l8 per cent
At Jena-Auerstadt there were $4,000
men engaged, and the loss was 10000
or about IL per cent. At Borodino
there were 10000 men in battle, and
10000 were killed or wounded, amount.
ing to more than AZ per cent AT Lcipsic
there were 100000 men in the battle
which lasted three days, and the loss
was 1000, or 22 per cent AT Water
loo 10000 men were engaged, and the
loss was 10000, or % per cent. In the
Crimean war there were l25,000 men
at the battle of Inkerman, and the
casualties amounted to $4,000, or 20 pei
cent. AT Magenta there were 225,00t
men; the loss was Il per cent, or about
25,O0O. At Solferino there were 100000
and the loss was 10000, or l6 per cent.
AT Sadowa the hostile forces numbered
425, 900, and 10000, or 16 per cent.
were killed and wounded. AT Grave
lotte there were 100000 men in the
encounter, of whom $4,000, or about
per cent, were killed and wounded
AT Shiloh the armies, numbered 10000
and the loss was 10000, or one-third
At Fredericksburg there were 100000
and the loss 20,000,or II per cent. Al
Antietam there were 100000, and the
the loss was 10000, or about 13 per
cent. At Chicamauga there were lO5,
900, and the loss was 10000, or 20 per
cent. At Charlottesville there were
100000, and the loss was 10000, or ~
per cent. AT Gettysburg there were
100. 900. and the loss amounted to "a,
600, or 80 per cent. Thus these figures
show that Borodino was the bloodicst
battle of modern times with Gettys.
burg in the second place.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08
Better Prices for Cotton Seed.
TTimes-Denlocnt.l


The present season promises to b0 a
better one for the cotton planters as
far as the price of cotton seed is con-
eerned, than for some time past. Last
year the price was phenomenslly low.
The crushing Of cotton seed was al
most altogether monOpelized by a sin
gle company, which labored under the
delusion that it could fix prices TO suit
itself, and the prices it fixed were very
low. The effect was what might have
been expected The planters refused
TO sell, because at the price offered il
paid them better to put the seed back
as fertilizer. instead of impOverish-
ing the land by shipping il away; and
Il much smaller amount came TO the
mills than for some years past.
Another company, however, has en-
tered the field, and the planter is to
secure the benefits of competition. Ii
is the opening of the campaign be-
tween the divers and the American
Cotton Seed Oil Trust, campaign
that promises to be kept up all the
season.
1t is said that both of the rival COM
panies are prepared to lose some money
in their business, each hoping to drive
the other out. The planters viii be
benefited by the higher rates offered
for seed. At the same time we would
be glad TO see this industry placed on
solid, substantial and permanent ba-
sis, as il can be. The crushing OF cot
ton seed is an industry that promises
to be of great benefit to the South.
Only fraction of the crop is now
used, and the products are not en-
ployed in half the ways they can be.
Nor can they ever be under Il monop-
oily. The present competition may
force the price of seed to an abnor-
mally high figure where there Is no
profit in the industry but this will be
but temporary. What the mills have
got TO come down TO is to recognize
the fact that they must share the profit
on the seed with the planter. AS soon
as this is done enough will be forth
coming to give the mills plenty to do
but the experience of last year demon
strated that the farmers will not sell
their seed at $40 ton or less, as they
find IL better to use il ON the farm.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08
S- -----
DEATH or JUDGE WINCHESTER.
special to Tlmes.Democrat. /.

Special to Democrat.
NATcHTz, Oct. 1.-The late Judge
Josiah Winchester, who died here last
night. was buried from his family res
idence this afternoon lie was anative
of South Borough, Mass. but has been
a resident of Natcliez since his early
manhood. and had won for himself IN
enyiable position IN the ranks of jurists
At heart and in practice he was q
strong Union man. His health has
been declining for many years, and il
is long since he actively participated il
in active life. lie had passed his seven
tietlI year, and his death issincerels re
grated by old and young.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08
BluGkIn Is BIuned.
New York Sun,

N1W n Va N tthhf
Major Bluffkin, the matcher"
his friends call him, aud he is al
most as much devoted to the de.
lights of matching coins as was
the late John 4. Raymond. He
stood at the bar, having floated in
to get q cocktail and change n bill.
He got a silver dollar 10 the
change and it was yet in his aand
when voice at his elbow in the
usual terms solicited "A little
help, please, General" The bar.
keeper was about TO run the tramp
out when the majur said "Hold
on, | will give him a chance" He
spun the dollar>on the bar and
slapped his hand down over 1t.
Heads, / win; tails, 1t goes to
you,r said he benlgnantly to the
tramp.
The latter's interest scarcely ex
ceeded that shown by the major
and the bartender as the hand was
raised and the spread eagle that
is opposite the head OH these
pieces was disclosed. AS the coin
dropped into the extended fist OF
the lucky tramp the major was as
founded at the proposition III &c
you again: this dollar agln another
one.u Aud now 1t is of record
that the major has actually refused
an invitation to match coins. But
the tramp still clutched the dollar
when he found himself a moment
later on the sidewalk.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08
Good Prohibition st0ry.

ST. Louis Sunday Sayings: The
well known lawyer and lecturer,
Thomas w. Pittman, who has re.
Gently returned from o lecturing
tour in Great Britain, heard this
story related by one Of the TEN.
perance orators with view of
making wine drinking unpopular
An American traveller in the
streets of Paris, seeing the words:
swine baths given here" exclalm.
ed.
"Well, these French are q luxu.
rious people W
Then, with true Yankee curiosi-
ty aud the feeling that he could
afford whatever any one else did,
he walked in and demanded o
wine bath.n
Feeling comfortably refreshed
after it and having to pay but five
francs, he asked in some astonish.
ment how wine bath could be
afforded so cheaply. His sable at
tendant, who had been slave in
Virginia and enjoyed sly bit OF
humor, replied:
"Oh, massa, we just pass II along
into anudder room, where we glib
% bath OF four frances"
"Thcn you throw it away, | sup
pose ~
No, massn den we send it lower
down and charge three francs a
bath. Dar's plenty of people who
amt so berry particular who will
bathe in it after this at three frans
q heap. Den, massa, We let de
common people haf II at Il franc
apiece"
"Then, of course, you throw 1t
awayw exclaimed the traveller, who
thought this was even beyond
Yankee profit.
"No, indeed, massa," was the IN
dignant reply, accompanied by o
profound bow: "no, indeed
NASSAU we are not so extravagant
as dat comes to; we bottles 1t up,
den. and sends it to 4" Mofica for
champagne
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08
A Worm That Eats Up Steel Rails.

The existence has just been discover
ed of detestable microbe which feeds
upon iron with as much gluttony as
the phylloSera upon the vine. Some
time ago the greatest CONSERVATION cx-
istcd among the engineers employed on
the railway at Hagen by the accidents
occurring at the same place, proving
that some terrible defect must exist
either in the material or the construc-
ton of the rails. The German govern
ment directed an inquiry to be made
and commission of surveillance to be
formed for the purpose of maintaining
constant watch at the spot where the
accidents-one of them attended with
loss oflife-had occurred. 1t was not,
however, until after six months had
elapsed that the surface of the rails
appeared to be corroded, as If by acid
to the extent Of 100 yards. The rail
was taken up and broken, and 1t was
perceived that il was literally followed
out by a thin gray worm, to which the
qualifications of arailoverous' was as
signed, and by which name IL is to be
classed in natural history. The worm
IL said to be two centimeters in length
and of the size of the prong of a silver
fork in circumference. 1t Is of light
gray color, and on the head carries two
little glands filed with corrosive Sc
crotion, which is elected every ten min
utes upon the iron. This liquid renders
the iron soft and spongey, and of the
color of rust, and il is then greedily de-
voured by the insect. ."fhere is no
exaggeration,' says the official report
of the comiqission, "in the assertion
that this creature is, for its size, one of
the most voracious kind, for IL has de-
voured thirty-six kilogrammes of rail
in fortnight."-Cologne Gazette.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08
THE YALrE OF FORESTRY.

The reports of the older nations of
Europe better skilled than we are in
economic administration, show that
the forests preserved and maintained
by the State are valuable in more WAYS
than one. Not only do they influence
the climate and rainfall and are con-
sequently of benefit to agricultural land
and to the public health, but they re-
turn handsome profit on the amount
invested. From Bohemia alone the
clear annual profit from the State
forests, the revenues paid by them,
amount to $5,600,OO0. The net income
from the Prussian State forests is 80,
100000 year; while in little Switzer-
land the cantons receive $6.600OOO
yearly from forests, nearly enough to
pay the ordinary expenses of the eoun-
try. When il is remembered that
Switzerland is but one-third the size of
Louisiana and barely twice the popula-
tion, some idea can be formed of the
importance of this revenue and ii is
increasing annually. In the canton of
Zurich the forests yield SS per acre,
twice as much as they did thirty years
ago.
The United States has something to
learn in forestry. Starting out infinite
ly better wooded than Europe, it has
thrown away its opportunities, and is
now cutting down its forests, regardless
of the future. In the Eastern States
we have reached the stage where II is
becoming profitable to cultivate and
maintain forests. We have not got
quite that far yet; but the experience
of Europe and the East ought to con-
vince us that the best policy is not to
destroy our forests and then go through
the long and laborious work ofbuilding
them up again by planting, but to pre-
serve them. If the European system
is followed of cutting only a certain
proportion of the trees in the forests
and planting new ones to take their
places, we win escape the disasters, eli
matte, agricultural, sanitary and indus
trial, that follow deforestation.
If in Europe where the country is
far more densely populated than here
and is consequently more valuable, the
State cultivation of forestry produces
such Il handsome return, the maintain
anec of our present woods ought to be
easy and profitable. A great deal of
interest has been shown in the many
laws on this subject and by the fire.
quent forestry conventions that have
been held; but how backward we still
are is well shown in the case ofSwitz-
erland, which makes $S an acre from
It's forests, leaving the timber standing,
while we make far less by completely
destroying it and leaving the land gen.
orally worthless aftcrward.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08
nIIxed Schools In the North.
[Clarinn.l

Clarion.
1t appears that the law abolish.
ing separate schools for colored
pupils in Ohio has been obeyed
In some places 10y keeping the col
ored schools open as before, but
designating them as branches or
district schools.' At Lebanon, on
the opening of tho schools, the
colored teacher found himself de.
serted, all his pupils having gone
to the white schools for enroll
ment. The same thing happened
at Oxford, where some OF the
white pupils bave left the schools
in consequence. The Kansas fan
atics would not be satisfied unit
they had enticed large numbers o.
negroes from their comfortable
homes in the South; but 1t wal
not long before they were exclaim
| ing Good Lord deliver us.D Th'
dissatisfaction was mutual. II
Ohio where there is a sprinklinl
of negroes, the fanatics woul'
| not be satisfied until they abolish
ed separate schools. The darkcl
takes them at their word and goe
in with rush. aud the whites leay'
| IN disgust. Gen. Grant spok'
wisely when he said that the bes
way to deal with bad law was Il
give II q trial.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08
AN OPPRESSIVE LAW.
[Commercial-Herald.l


When the repeal Of the deed Of trust
law was first agitated in the Lincoln
County Convention, we thought some
trash legislation was demanded by the
people. We were impressed with the
opinion, that such legislation might be
abused by the dishonest, but having
carefully examined the subject we are
convinced that such is not the purpose
but that a just and valuable reform is
demanded.
There are many evils resulting from
the system which obtains in Mississip-
pi of selling lands under deed of trusi
by trustees, without the Intervention Of
any court to pronounce and adjudgt
the claim which the sale is made te
satisfy just and legal, and great many
wrongs and acts of injustice are inn
posed on the weak debtors by mereiles,
and grasping creditors, under the pre-.
tense of collecting legitimate debts by
such sales.
We are surprised that the Grangers
and the Farmers Alliance have so long
kept silence ON this subject which
ought to interest them SO much, since
such large number of their members
have suffered and are daily suffering
tho ills consequent upon the practice
Under this pernicious system the
creditor has his debtor absolutely al
his mercy, and once having him car
hold him forever. 1t encourages dis.
regard for the usury laws Of the State
as being an effective means of evadine
them. 1t unsettles the titles to the
real estate of the State. 1t encourage:
| the making of exorbitant charges by
unscrupulous merchants and others adj
vancing under such security, and alsC
encourages dishonesty in such persons
since they are practically beyond tht
reach and supervision of the courts il
a large majority Of cases, and il enables
the creditor to get his debtors propert!
whenever he chooses at such prices Al
he is willing to allow for it.
We will have more to say on thi
subject when we viii enter more into
details and show how these things arr
done.
Out Of the prosperity of the farmer
and planters, especially in an agricul
tural district such us Mississippi is
grows the prosperity of the body pol
itic; and hence the protection of the in
terests of this class is of the first impor
tance in our State and we know no ac
which the Legislature could pass whicl
would go so far to benefit and protec
them as II law which prohibits the sell
ing of lands under a deed Of trust b,
trustees.
They should only be sold for the en-
forcement of deeds of trust or mort
cages under decree or Judgment of
court, which has adjudged the deb
valid and just for which the sale is t
be made.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08
Bolivar County Politics.
Commercial Herald special.l

Commercial Herald special.l
The State board ofcommissioners OF
election have spent the day in hearing
testimony and arguments between the
Scott and Stafford factions ofthe Dem.
ocratic party in Bolivar county, as to
which Is the representative Of the regu-
lar Democrats and entitled to the coun-
ty commissioners of election. Repre-.
sentative leading citizens were here in
large numbers on both sides and car
nest interest was manifested therein
The State board, after due considera-
ton. decided in favor of the Scott fac
ton, appointinga as commissioners, o. L.
McGuire. W. A. Ycrger and james
Kelly, the parties recommended by the
Scott convention.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08

Holmes county taxes $3.50 on
the $1,000 of value. This is a re.
duction of 80 cents on the amount
of the values stated'-Lexington
Bulletin.
The State and County taxes of
Lehore are about 5000 on the
$1,000 but she with her sister
counties of the Delta, pay in adj
dition $3.50 aud $3.50 to keep
the water from the high land oil
Holmes county, which goes un.
der from two to twenty feet du.
ring an overflow +: while Holmes
county don't pay cent, getting
ont by saying that she didn't 60
into tho thing voluntarily. No
wonder her politics are in q mess
when processing to be democratic
she repudiates the will of a ma
iority.-Valley Flag.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08
CITATION NOTICE.
The State Of Mississippi
~ InIIN ffII L'EfE.

The State of Mississippi
TO JOHN CIlAFE'E:
You are hereby commanded to ap-
pear before the Chancery Court of the
county of Washington, in said State,
on the Second Monday of October,
1887, to defend the suit in said Court
of Grant and Annie Mckinney, minors,
by their next friend Harry X. johnson
wherein you are defendant.
Witness my signature this 9th day OF
September, 1887
G. NJ. JOHNSON, Clerk.
BY Jos. A. SHALL, ID. {.
[Sep. 10, 1875
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08
lQRKING G[ASSRNI Attention \. JIII

pared TO furnish all classes with eu1nlov-
~ " nome, the whole Of the time, OF for
- Pare moments. Business new, Light and
tsliahle, Persons of eithher sex easily earn
~, ~ .o eenta 10 81 01 per sTening, and pro-
ssivnai sum by dcvGting all their time to the
saess- Boys and girls earn nearly as much
nen That ali who see this may send their
tateis. and test the business. we make this
II % such as are not we'll satisfied we will
III ~ 'he uollar to pay fore trouble Of writing
- fIlcuiars anil rutit free Address
H'NNh STlNsON & Co Portland Maine.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08

A Lovers Heart. Jessie-"If that
bull should attack us, what could you
doYs Toni could reach that fence
in less than two seconds" Jessie-"Yes,
but what could | dor Tom-"You
Why, your parasol would keep his at
tcnfion until | was safely over.s-1ife
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08

Uncle John-AWhy, my girl. you've
grown like cucumber vinel What
progress are YOU making toward mat
rimony ? Clhra-4Well. uncle. I'm ON
ny Iilth zap. -SeW Haven News.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08
sTOREnousE FOR RENT.

The two-story storehousc Of DIR. G
w. Lewis, next door to Times office
viii be completed ON or before Sept
5th. Large cotton room upstairs.
Apply TO J. F.. BARNES, Agt.
September 3-tf
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08
IOUltalFGnalG College
EfpE MORAL INFLUENCE
|fersOn College,
aNGT0N, MISS.
thool for Boys and Young Men.


t.uu Country, >" near Natchez, Miss.
4 increasing patronage Of boarding
RIealtb and morals first consideration.
non- seotarian. Literally endowed
Tt rates Chartered in lsO2, session OF
IL Sept Sth. Full corps ofprofesslon-
rs
b. CLASSICAL AND COMMERCIAL
location renowned for health and
surroundings. Buildings large and
Eous, with recitation rooms, dormi,
<brary. etc all conveniently arranged
XII repair. Study Hall and recitation
Eeently furnished with the latest and
Proved school furniture, and supplied
charts, globes, and other apparatus
\ Ia insure effective teaching. Free
n to Natchez Board, tuition, Furnish
4 washing and lights slG0 per session OF
ths. For catalogues giving null par
4 address the Principal,
j. S. RAYMOND,
Washington, Miss.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08

Two small houses, one on Alexander
Avenue near compress, and one on
broadway. VIII be sold cheap.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08
NO. I2
FOR SAFE

a two-wheel BUGGY with top and
a good single harness. Apply to Head
i Hunt. lscpl7l r. 5. DAY.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-10-08

Brick stOrehOuse ON Washington
Avenue. FERGUSON x FINIlA1.